ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — More than 388,000 people have been killed as a result of the ten year Syrian war, a war monitor reported on Sunday
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) counted 388,652 people killed "since the start of the Syrian revolution on March 15, 2011 until dawn today," adding that this number includes 117,388 civilians and more than 22,000 children. The majority of civilians were killed because of attacks by the Syrian army and militias affiliated to it, according to the monitor.
Among the civilian deaths, more than 16,000 died in the detention camps and prisons of the Syrian government, SOHR reported. The fate of tens of thousands of missing and kidnapped persons is still unknown.
The observatory stated that the toll does not include 88,000 citizens who are suspected but not confirmed to have been killed under torture in the custody of Bashar al-Assad’s government. More than 3,200 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters are also suspected to have been killed over the years during their fighting alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), but have also not been included in the tally.
Ten years of war led to the destruction of infrastructure, the depletion of the economy, and the displacement of more than half of Syria's population inside and outside the country.
"The continuous military operations have resulted in the injury of more than 2.1 million Syrian citizens with various injuries and permanent disabilities, while about 13 million other citizens have been displaced," SOHR stated.
